Randy Wayne White Books in Order
Randy Wayne White has written 62 books, published between 1981 and 2025. The first book is Key West Connection (As: Randy Striker) (1981) and the newest is Tomlinson's Wake (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 62
- Published
- 1981–2025
- Confirmed
- 62 of 62 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,322 in 43 of 62 books
- Reading time
- 222–333 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,322 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 43 of 62 titles with a page count on record.
Doc Ford, a marine biologist in Florida, anchors most of Randy Wayne White's fiction. White's 62 catalogued books also hold the Hannah Smith novels, the Sharks Incorporated books, the Dusky MacMorgan thrillers written as Randy Striker and the Hawker series written as Carl Ramm. The list begins in 1981 with Key West Connection and reaches Tomlinson's Wake in 2025.
How many Randy Wayne White books are there?
Randy Wayne White has 62 books, released between 1981 and 2025. They include 5 separate series.
Randy Wayne White Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 62 Randy Wayne White books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Key West Connection (As: Randy Striker)Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker #11981 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/419812563/4
- 2The Deep Six (As: Randy Striker)Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker #21981 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/419812563/4
- 3Cuban Death-Lift (As: Randy Striker)Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker #31981 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/419812563/4
- 4The Deadlier Sex (As: Randy Striker)Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker #41981 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/419812403/4
- 5Assassin's Shadow (As: Randy Striker)Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker #51981 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/419812403/4
- 6Everglades Assault (As: Randy Striker)Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker #61982 · confirmed 3/41982–3/4
- 71982–3/4
- 81984–3/4
- 91984–3/4
- 101984–3/4
- 111984–3/4
- 121985–3/4
- 131985–3/4
- 141986–3/4
- 151986–3/4
- 1619903073/4
- 1719912503/4
- 1819923073/4
- 1919932943/4
- 2019963193/4
- 2119972533/4
- 2219983363/4
- 2319992363/4
- 2420002973/4
- 2520013023/4
- 2620022603/4
- 2720023563/4
- 2820032243/4
- 292003–3/4
- 3020033663/4
- 3120043943/4
- 3220053483/4
- 33Randy Wayne White's Gulf Coast CookbookRandy Wayne White Non-Fiction #62006 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/420062603/4
- 3420063333/4
- 3520073173/4
- 3620083373/4
- 3720093543/4
- 38Randy Wayne White's Ultimate Tarpon BookRandy Wayne White Non-Fiction #72010 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420104163/4
- 3920103533/4
- 4020113513/4
- 4120123363/4
- 422012–3/4
- 4320123523/4
- 4420133383/4
- 452013–3/4
- 4620143333/4
- 4720143623/4
- 482015–3/4
- 492015–3/4
- 502015–3/4
- 5120153143/4
- 5220163303/4
- 5320163163/4
- 5420173293/4
- 5520183103/4
- 5620202243/4
- 572020–3/4
- 5820213203/4
- 5920223203/4
- 6020233203/4
- 612024–3/4
- 622025–3/4
Randy Wayne White series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Doc Ford books in order 28 books
- Hannah Smith books in order 4 books
Randy Wayne White books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Hawker Series as Carl Ramm in order
11 booksRandy Wayne White Non-Fiction
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Dusky MacMorgan Series as Randy Striker in order
7 booksRandy Wayne White Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Randy Wayne White books run from Key West Connection (As: Randy Striker) (1981) to Tomlinson's Wake (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Randy Wayne White in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Randy Wayne White books in order?
You only need to read Randy Wayne White books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Randy Wayne White
Start with the first book of the Randy Wayne White series you want to read: Doc Ford starts with Sanibel Flats (1990) and Hannah Smith starts with Gone (2012). The earliest catalogued title overall is Key West Connection (As: Randy Striker) (1981).
What is the newest Randy Wayne White book?
Tomlinson's Wake (2025) is the newest Randy Wayne White book released so far.
Is there a new Randy Wayne White book coming?
No next Randy Wayne White book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Randy Wayne White at a glance
- Still publishing
- Randy Wayne White published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Randy Wayne White books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,322 pages across the 43 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 319 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Randy Wayne White books, 18 of 62, were published in the 2010s.
What the Randy Wayne White books are about
45 of the 62 Randy Wayne White books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: doc ford (fictitious character) is tagged on 25 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Doc Ford (Fictitious character) 25 of 45 books
- Marine biologists 22 of 45 books
- Ford, doc (fictitious character) 16 of 45 books
- Mystery & detective 16 of 45 books
- Florida 14 of 45 books
- Scientists 9 of 45 books
- Suspense 6 of 45 books
- Thrillers 6 of 45 books
- Fishing guides 4 of 45 books
- Travel 4 of 45 books